Alvaro Rodriguez

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Álvaro Rodríguez: Guitarrista Compositor Profesor. Natural de Madrid, se introduce en el mundo de la música estudiando Jazz-Fusión, Flamenco, Música Latina, tocando diversos instrumentos. Posteriormente comienza sus estudios de guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio Joaquín Turina de la mano de Eugenio Gonzalo y en el Conservatorio Superior de Madrid con Manuel Estévez, completando estudios, entre otros, con Angelo Gilardino, John Griffiths y Ricardo Gallen. Realizando, así mismo, cursos de interpretación en instrumentos barrocos: violín , cémbalo y viola da gamba. Ha sido becado por el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura debido a sus altas calificaciones para cursar estudios en el conservatorio “ Luigui Cherubini” de Florencia durante el año 2001-2002. Compagino su formacion clasica con estudios de Flamenco, Jazz, improvisacion, composicion con prestigiosos profesores como Rafael Eguilaz, Enrique Igoa, Alicia Diaz, La Familia Amador ...etc Ha realizado numerosos conciertos interpretando repertorios de música clásica, flamenco y jazz, tanto como solista como formando parte de diferentes agrupaciones, actuando en salas y teatros de España y Europa. Desde 2005 organiza y participa como concertista en programas culturales del Ayuntamiento de Madrid dirigidos a niños y jóvenes. Amplia experiencia pedagógica como profesor de guitarra clásica y moderna en diversas escuelas de música de Madrid. Impartiendo, también, cursos de composicion y armonía. En 2006 apuesta por la composición de obras de jazz fusión con un estilo muy personal y en 2007 organiza y dirige “ Álvaro Rodríguez Trío” con composiciones y arreglos propios.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Álvaro Rodríguez: Guitarist Composer TeacherBorn in Madrid, he began his music career studying Jazz Fusion, Flamenco, Latin Music, by playing different instruments. Soon after, he started classical guitar studies at the Joaquín Turina Conservatory, Madrid, with professor Eugenio Gonzalo, and later on at the Higher Conservatory of Madrid with professor Manuel Estévez. He also completed his training with Angelo Gilardino, John Griffiths and Ricardo Gallen, among others. Álvaro also took performance lessons in Baroque instruments, namely the violin, the cembal and the viola da gamba. He had a high qualification-based scholarship granted by the Education and Culture Ministry of Spain to study a one-year course at the Luigui Cherubini Music School in Florence, Italy, in 2001/2002. His classical training was combined with flamenco, jazz, improvisation, and composition studies with prestigious teachers like Rafael Eguilaz, Enrique Igoa, Alicia Santos, the Amador family, and so on. He has given numerous concerts featuring classical music, flamenco and jazz, both as a solo artist and as part of different groups, in venues and theatres all over Spain and Europe. Since 2005, he organizes and participates as a performing musician in cultural programs fostered by the Madrid Council addressed to children and teenagers. He has a wide teaching experience as a classical and modern guitar teacher in different music schools in Madrid. He has also given composition and harmony courses. In 2006, he started writing jazz fusion pieces with a very personal style and in 2007 he founded the Álvaro Rodríguez Trío featuring his own compositions and arrangements.